Network Firewall architect

Role & responsibilities

Solution Architecture and Design :

• Architect for design, implementation and upgrade of firewalls solutions, •Analyze current business processes, IT infrastructure, and security requirements to develop security of our network solution. •Develop high-level and detailed architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and integration designs. •Ensure solutions align with enterprise security architecture, regulatory requirements (GDPR, SOX, etc.), and industry best practices.
• Develop detailed network architecture blueprints and integration diagrams tailored to business and technical requirements.
• Establish technical standards, patterns and best practices
• Validation of Document solutions designs , data flows and integration points.
• Provide architectural guidance and troubleshooting support to implementation and operations teams.
• Participate in technical workshops , design sessions and code reviews.
• Participate with implementation team for Automation.
• Present architectural solutions, technical decisions and progress updates to stakeholders.
• Able to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Stay updated on identity technologies trends and incorporate enhancements or optimizations.
• Design and supervise the integration of solutions with identity environment.

Preferred candidate profile

Strong expertise on Fortinet Firewalls - including rules management, Fortigate Managers, IPSec tunnels, firewall upgrade •Strong expertise on F5 Load balancers, LTM module (APM nice to have) •Strong Expertise on Infra As code python/Ansible, proven deployments of API based scripts to manage or reports Firewall or Load Balancers •10+ years of experience in complex network environments with 100+ firewalls •Proven experience with Managing rules and managing upgrades on Fortigate environment (with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer) d.